English
Etymology
[15th Century] From Middle French érudition, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin eruditio (“an instructing, learning, erudition”), from erudire (“to instruct, educate, cultivate”, literally “free from rudeness”), from e (“out”) + rudis (“rude”).
Pronunciation
Noun
erudition (countable and uncountable, plural eruditions)
- Profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship.
Synonyms
Translations
profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship
- Armenian: ներհունություն (hy) (nerhunutʻyun)
- Bulgarian: еруди́ция (bg) (erudícija)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 博學／博学 (zh) (bóxué), 博学 (zh) (bóxué), 學識／学识 (zh) (xuéshí), 学识 (zh) (xuéshí), 學問／学问 (zh) (xuéwèn), 學問／学问 (zh) (xuéwen)
- Danish: lærdom c, erudition c
- Dutch: eruditie (nl) f
- Finnish: oppineisuus (fi)
- French: érudition (fr) f
- Galician: erudición (gl) f
- German: Belesenheit f, Gelehrtheit f, Bildung (de) f, Gelehrsamkeit (de) f
- Greek: πολυμάθεια (el) (polymátheia), λογιότητα (el) f (logiótita), σοφία (el) f (sofía)
- Hungarian: műveltség (hu), tanultság
- (deprecated template usage)
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- Japanese: 博学 (はくがく, hakugaku)
- Korean: 박학 (ko) (bakhak)
- Latin: doctrīna f, ērudītiō f
- Polish: erudycja (pl), oczytanie (pl) n
- Portuguese: erudição (pt) f
- Romanian: erudiție (ro) f
- Russian: эруди́ция (ru) f (erudícija), начи́танность (ru) f (načítannostʹ), у́мственный бага́ж m (úmstvennyj bagáž)
- Serbo-Croatian: načitanost (sh) f, начитаност f
- Spanish: erudición (es) f
- Tagalog: kaalaliman
- Turkish: bilginlik
- Ukrainian: еруди́ція (erudýcija), бага́ж зна́нь (baháž znánʹ), розумо́вий бага́ж (rozumóvyj baháž)
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Further reading
- “erudition”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “erudition”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “erudition”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
